Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-22
,-ovFyOF GIDDY GOTHAM
amy AS SEEN ON
Hh " DKEss PARADE

NEW 4, Antimoine, who walked UP
si lawn a"wp Broadway in Thomas IAN IAN
lnd ao ,o+v 11till , o'clock every gay
e'' . SIN in the guise of a melancholy
i'ertiS, naronis. the tailor's latest CUT
t'n ~ AM and winning for his impecu9 ,lus
pa IT. CIV . torrni ghts bard service fresn
f'l' y! from top to toe. 1 saw MS temi'
2@gel! l'V some days ago. lie
ns She was fact.
Fa' " ,o about after this wise. The CITY
Ii c saCing to the orchid show and
Fa' . w.. of bright March weather hao
p a,'e ont the feminine world In force
PfOusn ore burden aud the winter CLOAK
u'' nearmess to the flesh. Inc sun
"a .oarcbsd out every worn spot
fnlnV fedsd strip, every gap in the mar mar
fvs,! ~ ronght by seasons wear anu !.
9e'' TSe december gown was stuuy' ~
pear ,;ons in the warm, vivlfylng ar. II
Fas 'u i,,o for a change, nut VINO
pa s't nv the first to make lty Dresses
fnoulu o w ALLOW each other In unques-
as an order. but who should Do the nrst
II
y leaP .uo was filing fast when In
Ile a o. . nret1y girl. she had the elastic
fNPp clear skin, the bright eye, the
lIeau' 10y hsir mat belong to American
1 Nv II, SSnmarhood, but nobody looked at
vuN ~ these. Every eye was bent on
pv W. On hat on wrap The rest of the
l o" were winter; she was spring
=, - no memory for the details OF the
- only know that 1t was In
esuns and grays, with touch OF red
~, ,Yd there. a ribbon sash nutterlng
pr 90 stirt a bunch of pOsies noddlng
tno head There was no tournure.
Frts draperv tell in simple natural toios.
IA modest unObtru5iye garo III every par
scnlar. quietly worn. Every woman
eo1ad at the flowers and became con-
eer'nns that the season for ieathefs was
s,ne Every woman noted the tailor
esacEat and felt sudden pang OF disgust
u, Tho weight Of a belated Sealskln. A
nomant before they were uneasy. Ihey
h Id haan on the verge OF a transition.
|Tbs Young girl had precpitated the
crisis II was upon them. 1t was past.
Tbey would mot appear in public again
hui tbey were dressed as she.
Two women behind me were talking
ahout her. "walking lady" from so q
SIS establishment, they called her. one
met her at the picture galleries, In the
hook stores. on the promenade, wherever
women cOngregated, they said 1t was
her business to rush the season, spring
and fall, and to introduce a new material
Or novel shape, by looking pretty in 1t
uhA
b" am going TO ask her what she calls
th at Jacket and whether bustles are really
gong out" wound up the holder OF the
pair, as she left her companion and
walked up to the graceful young girl. A
moment later the two were in converse
ton. the walking lady answering her in
Quisitor's questions with apparent readi-
ness and ease.
The walking lady Is a unique adver-
lisement. am inclined to think she is
new one. She does not seem, at any rate,
to be extensively employed as yet. Most
Of the firms at which | have inquired
alter her dsown her acquaintance. They
have not paid into her hand her salary.
She has not come within their ken. The
walking lady illustrates the genius OF the
American girl. Wonderful are her ways
and clever are her many devices for in
weighing the stray dollar wherewiJh to fill
her slender purse. Bread and butter is
one Of the many needfUls of her exist
ance, and great 10 the young woman and
clever are her WAYS.
ACLUBBING TENDENCY.
The woman's tendency 10 club every
ming grows apace. The Authors Club
las thus far excluded feminine member
'hlp, very well then; the women authors
nave an association Of their own. The
meridian Is a bantling, but it grows. 1t
las lts meetings, its lunches and its wise
aud Witty conversation. 1t listens to "pa-
1ers' ard it discusses every subject, So
'lal' political and economic. under
leaVen' Its members are, most OF them,
Nonen VINO write or who live in liter
II! atmosphere, and 1t is going to be one
u tne Ieatufes to be reckoned on in the
em Ti lie OF the metropolis.
men mere Is the Club for Political
}h'uuy, whose members, women all of
ueh' meet one afternoon in every week
. MIestle with the problems of NUM-
IpaI government, and to plan. no doubt.
'ays and means to get a jury to try our
l'ueIlhen. or to dispense with the iury
'Au lhe present race Of Aldermen to-
eyueF, IN the far off day when the
IIulehnium arrives and that coveted
,,.ll o. the ballot drops into their up
llted fingers. ~
uele are TOO, the Collegiate Alumna
no - ienueZVous periodically at Colum.
oaI ~ uISGuss the higher education. the
i HS.'l ana industries of women; Vassar
Itts' smith girls and Wellesley girls
, lar, are teaching, studying medicine.
'rluhg or taking care of husbands an3
basa ,b ,n anu ABOUT the city. Add to
otsTio ao Vulnerable smaller clubs and
,,,h 40, Vi every imaginable sort. and
n, rr Icy conceivable object, that cam
ricr ,oI up a seam in Lent, or mount the
aaJ eI, VI practice VITA the fojIs. or
Yitbon ,.ne OF Browning or of Shakespeare
omw oS odhding themselves together for
,wsni UH announcement and good fell
on su ~, ana tue list of women's assooia-
Du''iplieS beyond enumeration,
THE KINGS DAUGHTERS.
lug order OF the Kings Dauobtoro
''sinaIed IN New York a wear or az 600
eaink' and it has grown and mrItirIiso IS,
le Mnrr nGlT I' to-day some hundreds OF
tho ,o ,"y mn girls and other hundreds
inv "" !, 'esnement district girls. Outside the
rooElv uss spread across the river TO
nvS1h,!yn, and out of the state to tho
qnis I VI, al smith College aud the resi-.
In S A., ua,l ! the summer resorts, where
me- nus ulsperses itself In July. The
len,soi daughters have never cumbered
lws snS WIN a constitution or nv
,ey = 5 ana their organization, 90 far ma
dward %,y atail is after the fashion of
Inns ~ y. Everett Hsle's Ten Times 0na
YES: ' T Iod. Henry Wadsworth's four mot.
Ut in. ;o SyS up and not down, out and
andD Tbo IAN ana not back, and lend a
alte.o me me hings Daughters wear the
q t tsns cross, lettered II. a. and th ,ne
lat ' taooS tn Ia. send books to inyaiids tens
,os ', ,aa working girls to sew "a ,en ,n
lat y Isu' mat mat sing in the hospital. tens
iemseIyes ', &c ao children, tens that pledge
ier neigb w say no tll-natured things of
hNlE uDOfS. and TO-. > =" va